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Monday, December 26, 2011

Goals for January 2012

Last year, I set goals for the whole year. And. That didn't quite work for me. What I thought I wanted last December, I didn't really want once the year began. So I thought this year, I would just have flexible goals. Goals that I'd decide each month.

This January I will...

Try Professor Horner's Bible Reading System (the link opens a pdf file). He is emphatic that you pick a Bible and stick with it. Not just a translation, but a specific Bible. So that you get to know the book, really know the book. And that would be a challenge for me if I wasn't just 'trying' it for one month. If the system is working for me, then I may stick with it. If it's not, then I'll try something else. I may change translations after the first month. What translation did I choose? The translation I read most in 2011. The translation that I hadn't ever read before 2011. The King James Version. I won't go into details on the whole reading plan. But essentially he has you reading TEN chapters per day from TEN sections of the Bible. Psalms is by itself. Proverbs is by itself. Acts is by itself. But other sections are grouped. Like the four gospels. Like the books of Moses. Like the history books. Like the prophets. Like the NT epistles. There are ten 'lists' in all. And one chapter from each of the ten lists is read each day. (Though if you miss a day or get behind, nothing horrible happens to you.)

Try to read--yes, try--the New Testament in the Tyndale translation. I may not get the chance to read all of it. And if I don't, I don't.

The Gospel of St. Matthew

The Gospel of St. Mark

The Gospel of St. Luke

The Gospel of Saint John

The Acts of the Apostles

The Epistle of the Apostle St. Paul to the Romans

The First Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

The Second Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

The Epistle of St. Paul unto the Galatians

The Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians

The Epistle of St. Paul unto the Philippians

The Epistle of St. Paul to the Colossians

The First Epistle of St. Paul unto the Thessalonians

The Second Epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians

The First Epistle of St. Paul unto Timothy

The Second Epistle of St. Paul unto Timothy

The Epistle of St. Paul unto Titus

The Epistle of St. Paul unto Philemon

The First Epistle of St. Peter the Apostle

The Second Epistle of St. Peter the Apostle

The First Epistle of St. John the Apostle

The Second Epistle of St. John

The Third Epistle of St. John

The Epistle of St. Paul unto the Hebrews

The Epistle of St. James

The Epistle of St. Jude

The Revelation of St. John the Divine

Did NOT read ANY in the Tyndale New Testament. Which worked out okay because I did NOT read any in the Tyndale biography. Well, I think I managed to turn three or four pages in this one in the entire month. But it was just every time I opened the book, it unleashed boredom. (Books don't usually bore me.)

Read Tyndale: The Man Who Gave God An English Voice by David Teems. (I received a review copy of this from Thomas Nelson, and I'd like to read it soon.)

Read Not A Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus by Kyle Idleman. This one (published by Zondervan) was a Christmas present. I am very excited to start reading it!!! [My review of Not A Fan, posted January 15, 2012]

Read The Maid of Fairbourne Hall by Julie Klassen. I have received a review copy of this for the CFBA Blog tour. [My review]

Read A Suitor for Jenny by Margaret Brownley. (This one I bought myself. A review will be posted in early February!)

Read Head in the Clouds by Karen Witemeyer. (This one I bought myself.) Update: I didn't end up even opening this one. Though I plan to read it soon. I do. The premise just sounds good to me.

Read Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church by Michael Horton. (Another Christmas present. I've been wanting this one for a few years now!!!) [My review of Christless Christianity. January 21, 2012].

Try to LISTEN to two sermon podcasts. [I listened to five sermons this month!!!]

1) God's Will is Not Secret by John MacArthur
2) Looking for God's Will by R. C. Sproul [aired on Oneplace, January 16, 2012]
3) A Call to Commitment by Alistair Begg (part of Shaped by Grace series) [aired on Oneplace, January 2, 2012]
4) Becoming Better Theologians (Introduction to The Study of God (theology proper) Steve Cooley, Bethlehem Bible Church [preached September 2010]
5) Becoming Better Theologians #2 Steve Cooley, Bethlehem Bible Church [preached September 2010]

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